A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yond justice rails upon yon simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: change places; and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?

This is what Warhol did, except with others instead of himself. He was master of the deadpan, though. He later said that you could just point a camera at someone they would reveal who they are. His films do have a strange allure.

I wonder if he was inspired by the performance art I heard about on NPR a few weeks ago where a woman sat in a museum and invited people to just sit down with her and they'd look into each other's eyes for as long as they felt comfortable, without saying anything.

Apparently it was incredibly emotional for some people. Some sat for hours and even came back, some cried.

I know who you are talking about. There is a video of her long lost first love coming up to her sitting station - apparently her former partner in art and someone she had not seen in years - and they both break down into tears. Here it is:

Gotta say - this lady knows how to work a stare. I wish I had the artful ability to turn some ordinary action into art. This is one of those things that sounds so stupid in description but is powerful to actually see.